It was tough being a child who was vocally a fan of Elton John. I genuinely loved his music, but for whatever reason that fact was a way to tear me down. Everyone had to point out "you know he's gay, right?" long before I even really understood what that meant. But even when I knew what gay was, it was an excuse for people to call me gay, and of course, when you're in grade school in the 90's, there's no greater shame. One of the main reasons I sought out other music was I was tired of being ridiculed for liking a gay musician. When my parents took me to an Elton concert, I felt mortified for most of it. But eventually, the obnoxious drunk couple in front of us irritated me enough to make me go down to "the pit", and I stood there, looking up and realized that I was seeing one of the greatest living legends in music. And I stopped giving a shit and sang along. Elton fucking rules.
No mention of the beautiful use of Oh My Love? A song originally written for Goodbye Uncle Tom, a 1972 Italian "docudrama" that sounds like an absolute racist nightmare?
At first, I was gonna call bullshit on a 5 for Some Like it Hot, but I gave it a relisten. I guess I was distracted by the badass drums and the genuinely awesome bridge, but yeah the rest of the song is really fucking boring. He's a fair cop.
Bottom three: Man with the Golden Gun, A View to a Kill, and Die Another Day. The other two are bad Bond films, but Die Another Day is a terrible movie all around.
I'm not about to comment on the "sellout negroes" statement, but you didn't recommend any charges. I'd say you failed Breonna Taylor, but to quote Kendrick "you ain't try."
I couldn't find the clip but Footloose also appears in Season 2 of South Park's planetarium episode. The planetarium has a laser Loggins show, which starts with Footloose and lots of laser pictures of feet.
Coming by late in the game to tell Tom about the best use of Total Eclipse of the Heart in a horror film, which is the 2018 sequel to The Strangers, The Strangers: Prey at Night. It is a completely average, disposable sequel. Don't waste your time.
Except for this one scene, which was easily among the best horror moments of that year.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwta-bET3aQ
One of Taika Waititi's lesser known movies Eagle vs. Shark, both references Let's Dance near the end and features a cover by M. Ward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU36cPmE3vA
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